Why do some actors get “[actor name] as [character name]” whereas others get “[actor name]” in the credits?
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Hollywood is filled with egomaniacs and there’s an insanely complicated system of denoting importance.
It can be whose name is first, whose name is highest, whose name is biggest, and they also have stuff like “and …” or “…. as ….” to also denote importance.
I don’t remember which celebrities it was but it was a movie in like the 50s. Well they had some huge argument about who was most important and they settled it by putting one guys name first but the other guys name was slightly higher.
For example, with Always Sunny, the credits list the 4 main cast and it ends with “and Danny Devito.” Danny is heavily featured but the other 4 are definitely in it more than he is. However, Danny Devito is super famous so that fame has to be acknowledged without also infringing on the fact that the other 4 characters are featured more prominently in the show.
So his name is listed last but it has “and Danny Devito” to denote his position in the show while also labeling that he is of high fame than the rest.
Again, a system built by egomaniacs
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